Dear
Friends,
I hope you had a good week! The
devot. for today is on walking with the Lord everyday by faith. As we find freedom
in Christ to live our lives out of a love
for, devotion
and gratitude to and Him, we grow and spiritually mature.
1 Peter 2:2 refers
to those who have newly accepted the Lord
Jesus as "babes in Christ." "As newborn babes,
desire the sincere milk of the word,(Word is
the Bible) that ye may grow thereby: If
so be ye have tasted that the Lord is
gracious."
A
newborn is not educated in any matter, but he grows and matures
through drinking nourishing milk first. Baby Christians, when first
saved, do
not know how a Christian should talk, dress, act, speak, what
movies, tv shows or books are not godly. As they study and read The
Word, the
Lord will begin to educate them on how to live in a way that
pleases Him and in a way that will show a difference has been made in their
lives, He
has moved in and become the Guide and Commander of their life.
A
baby Christian's education may start out with just 'milk'- simple details
like how
the world was created, people in the Bible and then progress to
'spiritual meat" like deeper Bible truths on the Rapture and events that will
take place in the
End Times as predicted in Revelation.
This is a
growing process and should be taking place everyday, just as a newborn should be
growing everyday. One way is by reading The Word, as I've encouraged
you to read a bit of John everyday. Just like a dr. will worry if a newborn is not
growing properly, so we should be worried if we are not growing spiritually.
The
devot. below is short, by encouraging. Please read it carefully. I pray you
grow in the Lord this weekend! (4 links below)
Devot.
(Devot. Used by Permission based on Copyright and Permissions info. on their website.)
Scripture Link:
Petition to stop the slaughter of Christians in Iraq! Please take a stand
for our fellow Brothers and Sisters in Christ and sign the petition: http://aclj.org/radical-islam/stop-genocide-of-iraqi-christians
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